Jonathan Hutchinson '20, Atmospheric Sciences/Meteorology

Emma Moore '21, Outdoor Education, Leadership, and Tourism

In her sophomore practicum, Emma visited local ski resorts to learn about all aspects of the ski industry, from events and marketing to ski school, management, and operations. A bonus was a free pass to ski at the end of the day at each resort.

Electra Poulsen '20, Animation and Illustration

Electra learned early how NVU’s focus on hands-on experience is valuable for students. She used the skills she’s gained to create an ad for the most recent Animation Festival that ran in the statewide publication Seven Days.

Jordan Zach '20, Outdoor Education, Leadership, and Tourism

"Compared to other colleges with a similar degree, I liked the high-end quality of NVU’s program. The things we focus on here let you really dive into being a leader rather than just going into the outdoors and being an educator. They teach you how to be a true leader,” says Jordan.

Sara Ford '20, Political Science and Education

Olin Reed '21, Environmental Science

On a road trip across the U.S., Olin visited national parks, forests, and public lands. The trip inspired him to pursue an environmental science degree. “I figured that I should do something to help preserve places like that, do whatever I can to help better the world around me,” he says.

Rachel Valentine '21, Broadcast and Digital Journalism

As a broadcast and digital journalism student, Rachel works at News7, building skills that will help her stand out to employers. Her experience shooting, writing, and editing stories for classes prepared her to work at the station, where she and her peers do it all: report, edit, anchor, direct, produce.

Alec Jones '20, Environmental Science

Since he’s been at NVU, Alec has gained hands-on experience doing research with one of his professors — work that led to a full-time, paid summer internship and then to the part-time job he has now at Vermont Electric Cooperative in Johnson.

Catie Roman '20, Education

Catie appreciates the dedicated faculty in her program, particularly her adviser, Hannah Miller. “She will drop everything to write recommendation letters for me. She makes students such a high priority in her life," said Catie.

CJ Gaunce '20, Outdoor Education, Leadership, and Tourism

Through his education at NVU, CJ has had the opportunity to work at Stowe resort, where he's gaining the skills he needs by operating and maintaining ski lifts and assisting guests in fall, winter, and summer.

Rebecca Flieder '21, Journalism

Every other Sunday morning, journalism major Rebecca lays out the biweekly, student-run newspaper, Basement Medicine, with other staff members. By that point, most of the heavy lifting has been done for each issue.

The skills Andrew gained at NVU have helped him as his family has expanded their farming operation with a vineyard and winery, a step they took because of challenges with the dairy industry in Vermont and around the country.

Eliza Doncaster '15, Environmental Science

The first movie set Liz Carr built was at NVU for a senior project in the media arts program. Since she graduated, Liz has spent most of her time around TV and film sets. Including sets for Netflix and Hulu produced shows.

Monique uses all the skills she gained at NVU in her latest venture, The Space On Main, a Bradford, Vt, coworking nonprofit she founded in 2016, where she is executive director. The Space provides office amenities for makers and entrepreneurs in various fields and hosts community events.

Steven was known on campus as a “bird nerd” for the hobby that has steered his career. His love of birds, mixed with his geographic information system (GIS) talents have led to his work in bird conservation.

As a student, Kelly developed skills as a reporter, web editor, and producer at NVU’s News7-TV, the Emmy award-winning, student-run campus station that covers about 15 nearby towns with a live newscast every weeknight. “I was more prepared than anyone else for the job because of News7,” she says. “It’s very important to know every position and be multiplatform in a newsroom. That’s where the industry is going.”

Emma Quinn '19, Broadcast and Digital Journalism

Francis Tarasiewicz '19, Atmospheric Sciences/Meteorology

In an unusual opportunity for college students, Francis and other NVU students prepared forecasts on campus for a Mount Everest expedition one spring, which he says is “the most intense forecasting I’ve ever had to do."

Jordan Niles '19, Psychology

Mike Paul '08, Exercise Science

“How to get from Point A to Point B in the healing process fascinated me,” he says. His experience with the injury convinced him that his choice of exercise science as a major was right, and it led him to pursue physical therapy as a career.

Emily Mixon '19, Interdisciplinary Studies

As an interdisciplinary studies major, Emily — with the help of her adviser — designed a curriculum with courses in literature, creative writing, visual arts, and education to prepare her for a career as a behavioral interventionist.

Her internship and job as an office assistant and orientation coordinator in Johnson’s Office of First-Year Experience helped her consider — and rule out — career options. “While planning orientation and helping these students, I felt a real connection with students at our school and gained so much knowledge of how I can help them,” said Colleen.

When Tyler Cadorette ’16 became an on-air reporter and weather anchor at WMTW-TV in Portland, Maine, soon after he graduated from NVU-Lyndon, his duties — and the station itself, where he had had an internship — were familiar to him.